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Book

Syllabus

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL 808.02 BARR (CEN)

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Publication Information

Montréal, Québec : Drawn & Quarterly, 2014.

Physical Description

200 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Summary

For the past decade, Lynda Barry has run a highly popular writing workshop for non-writers called Writing the Unthinkable. The workshop was featured in the New York Times magazine. Syllabus: Notes from an accidental professor is the first book that will make her innovative lesson plans and writing exercises available to the public for home or classroom use. Barry's course has been embraced by people of all walks of life--prison inmates, postal workers, university students, teachers, and hairdressers--for opening paths to creativity. Syllabus takes the course plan for Lynda Barry's workshop and runs wild with it in Barry's signature densely detailed style. Collaged texts, ballpoint pen doodles, and watercolour washes adorn Syllabus' yellow lined pages, which offer advice on finding a creative voice and using memories to inspire the writing process. Throughout it all, Lynda Barry's voice (as author and teacher-mentor) rings clear, inspiring, and honest.

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